Press release by Terry Whetstone
BLOSE WINS THIRD ANNUAL CONNOR BOBIK MEMORIAL AT AMP
CLEARFIELD – The third annual Connor Bobik Memorial was held at America’s Motorsports Park Saturday night with Mike Blose of Dayton coming home with the $1,500 top prize in the Randy Sterling Trucking Late Models.
Jason Mullen of Ebensburg picked up his career first Denny’s Beer Barrel Pub Semi Lates, Dan Smeal of Ramey picked up his second Harter and Sons Garage Street Stock feature while Jason Beichner of Shippenville won his fourth Quigley’s Pub Pure Stock main and Stephanie Ivory of Coalport won her fourth Clearfield County Metals Four Cylinder feature. The Micro Sprints were on hand for the first time and Bob Garvey Jr of Grassflat won that event.
The Late Models were brought to the green with Sammy Stile and Scott Alvetro on the front row, with third place starter Mike Blose taking the lead before the first lap was in the books. Blose led the 30 lapper the entire distance, but several cautions and several drivers tried to keep his Ford powered #5 out of victory lane. Stile was his toughest challenger as he hung with Blose the whole race and drew near several times. As the leaders began to work lapped traffic third place was heating up, as Alvetro, Dan Gill, Duane Taneyhill, Billy Eash and Doug Glessner were all jockeying for position. As they were doing that, 18th place starter Andrew Gordon was heading towards the front and joined the battle for the top spot.
While that was happening, Stile was trying to close on Blose, but Blose was not about to be denied as he held on to get his first ever win in the memorial race. Stile held on for second with Scott Alvetro in third, Dan Gill was fourth and Taneyhill fifth. Heat wins went to Glessner, Blose, Alvetro and Stile while Rodney Phillips won the main.
The Semi Lates hit the track with the largest field yet, as eight cars signed in and seven answered the call for the feature, with Jason Mullen and Jamie Barber on the front row, with Mullen taking the lead at the start and Devin Goss in second and Denny Fenton in third. Fenton and John Eckenrod got past Goss before Eckenrod spun. On the restart it was still Mullen leading with Fenton second and Eckenrod working through the field. Fenton dropped out on lap nine as Eckenrod moved into second and chased Mullen to the end of the race. At the line the top five were: Mullen, Eckenrod, Randy Sterling, Barber and Goss. The heat was won by Eckenrod.
Dan Smeal and Fuzzy Fields led the Street Stocks to the start with Smeal taking the lead and Fields falling into second. As Smeal led, the fight for second was anybodys to win, as Fields, Johnny Lindenpitz, Brian Rhed and Bob Rosman were battling for second, as Lindenpitz took second on lap four and headed for Smeal. Lindenpitz caught the leader but he couldn’t get past him as Smeal won his second feature of the season. Lindenpitz was second; Rhed was third with Rosman and Fields completing the top five. Smeal and Fields split heat wins.
Justin Queen and Jason Beichner led the Pure Stocks to the green flag with Beichner taking the lead and Queen falling to second. As Beichner led, Colton Joiner got into the mix and passed Queen for second as the race wore on. Beichner and Joiner were pulling away as Queen and Cody Hummel and Ben Krause were battling for third, with Hummel taking the spot, but Queen fighting back but when Allen Luzier waved the double checkered flags it was Beichner winning with Joiner, Hummel, Queen and Krause completing the top five. Joiner, Beichner and Jon Lee won the heats with Eric Lucas winning the consy.
The Four Cylinders went green with Stephanie Ivory and Jesse Laughard scheduled for the front row, but Laughard didn’t make the call, giving the outside pole to Darrin Thompson. Ivory took the lead at the start with Thompson in second and the front two were pulling away, as they battled for the lead, Thompson took the lead from Ivory on lap 11, then they made contact one lap later, with Thompson pitting for the night. This allowed Ivory to continue on to the win with Bryan Warren, Mike Phillipson, Stephanie Lucas and Eric Luzier completing the top five. Aaron Luzier, Laughard and Ivory won the heats and Dustin Kemp won the consolation.
Only four Micro Sprints showed up for the action as Bob Garvey Jr. took the lead on the first lap and went on to get the win easily over Dave Hawkins, Kyle Colwell and Jason Hamacek.
AMP Notes: There were a total of 108 cars in the pits, including 30 Late Models, 8 Semi Lates, 17 Street Stocks, 25 Pure Stocks, 24 4 Cylinders and 4 Micro Sprints…This weekend there are two big nights of racing action. Saturday is a regular show for the Late Models, Semi Late Models, Street Stocks, Pure Stocks and Four Cylinders, then on Sunday July 21 the 410 Sprints will have their July 3 show that was postponed. The 30 lap event will pay $3,000 to win and $300 to start. The Street Stocks, Front Wheel Drive Four Cylinders and Fireworks are also on the schedule… The Connor Bobik Memorial raised $1,800 for the Make-a-Wish Foundation, bringing the family’s total to nearly $10,000 raised in three years…For more information check the website at
www.americasmotorsportspark.com
Randy Sterling Trucking Late Models: 1. Mike Blose, Dayton; 2. Sammy Stile; 3. Scott Alvetro; 4. Dan Gill; 5. Dwayne Taneyhill, Sr.; 6. Andrew Gordon; 7. Bob McMillen; 8. Rodney Phillips; 9. Duane Stiner; 10. Bernie Whiteford; 11. John Brady; 12. Doug Glessner; 13. Billy Eash; 14. Bill Davis; 15. Gale Huey; 16. Justin Kanouff; 17. Jason Read; 18. Roswell Babcock, Jr.; 19. Chris Farrell; 20. Ralph Morgan, Jr.; 21. Tom Shaffer; 22. Luke Hoffner; 23. Denny Fenton; 24. Joe Moyer (DNQ); 25. Travis Brady (DNQ); 26. Gabe Shaffer (DNQ); 27. Danny Kienitz (DNQ); 28. Ryan Christoff (DNQ); 29. Steve Scaife (DNQ); 30. Jackie Phillips (DNQ).
Denny’s Beer Barrel Pub Semi Lates: 1. Jason Mullen, Ebensburg; 2. John Eckenrode; 3. Randy Sterling; 4. Jamie Barber; 5. Devin Goss; 6. Denny Fenton; 7. Curtis Teats; 8. Jake Shady (DNS).
Harter and Son’s Garage Street Stocks: 1. Dan Smeal, Ramey; 2. Johnny Lindenpitz; 3. Brian Rhed; 4. Bob Rosman; 5. Fuzzy Fields; 6. Tim Fannin; 7. Jamie Price; 8. Curtis Teats; 9. Chad Rougeux; 10. Dustin Challingsworth; 11. PJ Felding; 12. Raymond Reynolds; 13. Doug Tibbens; 14. Bill Phillips, Jr.; 15. Ron Mertz (DNS); 16. Tony Brown (DNS); 17. Ray Hickok (DNS).
Quigley’s Pub Pure Stocks: 1. Jason Beichner, Shippenville; 2. Colton Joiner; 3. Cody Hummel; 4. Justin Queen; 5. Ben Krause; 6. Hunter McCracken; 7. Eric Lucas; 8. Johnny Macormac; 9. Joe Stajnrajh; 10. Jim Challingsworth; 11. David Beahr; 12. Marshall Detwiller; 13. Cregan Brady; 14. Dustin Michuck; 15. George Bailey; 16. Jim Eiselman; 17. Kylie Hamilton; 18. Jon Lee; 19. Jim Hamilton; 20. Josh Fields (DNS); 21. Lonnie Mills (DNQ); 22. Andrew Frey (DNQ); 23. Jeff Shaffer (DNQ); 24. Matthew Eiselman (DNQ); 25. Chris Hickok (DNQ).
Clearfield County Metals Front Wheel Drive 4 Cylinders: 1. Stephanie Ivory, Coalport; 2. Bryan Warren; 3. Mike Phillipson; 4.Stephanie Lucas; 5. Eric Luzier; 6. Shawn Fedder; 7. Dustin Kemp; 8. Rick Lamer; 9. Paul Ivory; 10. David Helsel; 11. Jim Kleitches; 12. Tim Lamer; 13. Brad Cousrier; 14. Darrin Thompson; 15. Joshua Henry; 16. Robert Lydic; 17. Aaron Luzier; 18. Kayla Chappell; 19. Valerie Brady (DQ); 20. Tyler Laughard (DNS); 21. Corrin Monoskey (DNQ); 22. Dylan Hound (DNQ); 23. Todd Shaffer (DNQ); 24. Milton Owens (DNQ).
Micro Sprints: 1. Robert Garvey, Grassflat; 2. Dave Hawkins; 3. Kyle Colwell; 4. Jason Hamacek.